India won the NatWest Trophy triangular one-day series at Lord's by beating England, thanks to a spectacular run-chase headed by 87* from Man of the Match, Mohammad Kaif.

The tourists then played their first four-Test series against England since 1979.

England won the first Test comprehensively but India through Dravid (115), Tendulkar (92) and Ganguly (99) saved the second Test match and then dominated the third Test at Headingley.After Indis’a marvellous middle-order of Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly had again each scored centuries in India's massive innings total of 628 - 8 declared, the spinners Kumble and Harbhajan Singh steadily dismissed England.Forced to follow on, England topped 300 but again the spinners took wickets and saw India to victory.The final match at The Oval was a high-scoring draw leaving the series tied and honours even.

The selectors held an emergency meeting in Kolkata on 16 July to decide that Mohammed Kaif and Yuvraj Singh would stay back with the India squad for the Test series against England - but Yuvraj had a broken little finger which would keep him out of action for at least three weeks, so he returned to India,

Time between selection and departure from India

10 days

(8 June - 18 June)

Travel

Ganguly, through taking a late flight from Kolkata to Mumbai, again missed the Monday pre-tour press conference and left it to his vice-captain Rahul Dravid.

The team departed from Mumbai on Tuesday morning 18 June 2002 and was received at London Airport by Air India’s Regional Director, Mr Sharma.

Test squad members Bangar, Das, Patel and Wasim Jaffer joined the team the day before the one-day tournament final

Mohammad KaifandDinesh Mongia, although not in the original Test squad, remained with the touring party after the ODI series as cover for injuries. They played in only the first first-class match at Arundel but were granted permission to play for English county Leicestershire, as did Srinath.

The tour selectors also wanted an additional seamer, preferably L. Balaji, to support the four fast bowlers already in the group but this was not granted

Fixtures/Results

† Hove

Sussex

Won 3 w

† Canterbury

Kent

Lost 21 r

† Leicester

Leicestershire

Won 54 r

§ Lord's

England(1st ODI)

Won 6 w

§ Kennington Oval

Sri Lanka(2nd ODI)

Won 4 w

§ Chester-le-Street

England(3rd ODI)

No result

§ Edgbaston

Sri Lanka(4th OD)I

Won 4 w

§ Kennington Oval

England(5th ODI)

Lost 64 r

§ Bristol

Sri Lanka(6th ODI)

Won 63 r

§ Lord's

England(ODI Final)

Won 2 w

Arundel

West Indies A

Drawn

Southampton

Hampshire

Won 66 r

LORD'S

ENGLANDFirst Test

LOST 170 r

Worcester

Worcestershire

Drawn

TRENT BRIDGE

ENGLANDSecond Test

DRAWN

Chelmsford

Essex

Drawn

HEADINGLEY

ENGLAND Third Test

WON inns 46 r

Derby

Derbyshire

Drawn

KENNINGTON OVAL

ENGLANDFourth Test

DRAWN

† not first-class

§ one day internationals

Time spent in England before First Test:

37 days

(18 June - 25 July)

Test appearances on tour

4 -Agarkar, Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman, Sehwag, Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan.

3 -Harbhajan Singh, Kumble.

2 -Bangar, Jaffer, Nehra, Patel, Ratra.

0 - Das, Yohannan.

Highlights

•Agarkar, batting at number 8, scored 109 not out in a losing cause in the first Test at Lord's

•Dravid (115), Tendulkar 92) and Ganguly (99) brought India a draw in the second Test.At Headingley each scored a century as India amassed an innings of 628-8 d to win at Headingley

•Parthiv Patel, at 17 years and 158 days, became the youngest-ever wicket-keeper to play in a Test match

•Kumble took 3-93 and 4-66 at Headingley to help dismiss England twice and India to win by an innings and 46 runs at Headingley, their largest Test victory overseas.

•In the Oval Test Dravid scored 217, his third century of the series, bringing his aggregate to 602 runs.

Tour Summary

P

W

L

D

Test Matches

4

1

1

2

Other first-class matches

5

1

0

4

† Minor matches

3

2

1

0

§One-day internationals

7

5

1

1

All Matches

19

9

3

7

Return to India

The three ODI players were due to return on Tuesday 16 July but the injured Yuvraj Singh alone went home after the one-day series, and he arrived in Mumbai on 18 July.

The Indian Test squad left London on 10 September 2002 and landed at Chatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai on Wednesday morning en route to the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka. They reached Colombo on 12 September.